Annotation:Morduant's Hornpipe

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MORDUANT'S HOUSE. AKA - "Morduant's Hornpipe." AKA and see "Negro Sand Dance." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Philippe Varlet says the tune appears to have vaudeville connections and was even recorded on a 78 RPM disc as (unfortunately) "N....r Breakdown" by Irish accordion player Terry Lane.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 177, p. 62.

Recorded sources:

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